Barber&#39;s pole.



E. E. KOKEN. BRBBBS POLE. APPLxoA'rxon rmm JULY as. 1901.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

UNrrED STATES rnifrnrrr OFFICE.

ERNEST E. KOKEN, 0E ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

V suesse Peas.

Specification oi Lette''s Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Application led July 26, 1907. Serial No. 385,550.

4ingl is' a specification, reference being had thereinto theaccompanying drawing.

This invention yconsists of the parte and airs rangement amd connectionof same necessary to construct abarbers pole of metal instead of wood,and hollow instead of solid, and comprises the following features: (1)the constituent arts; (2) the formation oi same so as to she the-rain',snow,l and the l-i'lre; -(3) means for binding same together in aunitary structure such as a barbers pole must be; (4) the combination ofthe means for binding the parts to ether with means for conducting alighting uid to' a suitable lamp; (5) the construction oi the unitarywhole of a plural-ity ofseparable and relatively small and light afrtsso as to reduce the cost of prod-nc'- tion, can-se of the fact that itis easier and cheaper to make a small casting than a large one, and,also, in order to facilitate shi ment and diminish the cost thereof; and(6 also,

to construct same of parts having approximately the same thicknessthroughout whoreby reater evenness in'casting or formation (an therebysuperior strength) is secured.

In the accompanying drawings', in which like'numbers of reference denotelike parts wherever the occur, Fi ure 1 is a. front (or side or rear) eovation; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view; Fica?, is a top plan Viewof the base disjoined lroln the superstructure; Fig. 4 is a transversesectional view through the upper part of said base; Fig. 5 is asectional view through the upper part ofthe ball forming the cap ol thepole and the lower part of thc lamp globe and connected partssurmounting Said ball; and Fig. 6 is a sectional View through the u perpart of the base showing Same adapted) to the use of gas in the lampinstead of electricity, as in thc preferred form.

It will be understood that in thc following description I do not intendto limit myself to the precise form, number, or arrangement of .partstherein sot forth, but that the scopo olz 'its u per 'ortion like abll'having a concave wall 2 and a erforated transverse strap 3 formedintegral) therewith extending across the opening within said wall.Through the 'rforatio'n 4 in saidstra'p 3 a hollow mm' er like a gaspipe 5 passes, said pipe 5 being itself threaded at 6 to coporatc withthethrcads of a nut afwhereby said pipe is provided with means to form asubstantially `rigid connection between the upper members of thestructure and the base 1, thus enabling said pipe 5 to act as a braceand ticrod for the castings and other parts superimposed upon the baseto bind same to thc base aswell as to form a conduit for either gas orelectric lighting wires. Since the base is thus the member to which theplurality of arts constituting the superstructure is ound, and fromwhich said superstructure is braced, it is" desirable" that same besecurely, or at least adequately, anchored to the floor,

round',v or pavement on which it stands. u'chanohorae may be afforded bymaking the base 1 0% unusual weight, but, since waste or increased costof metal would thus be involved', perforated angle-irons 7 are provided,'which can be attached by bolts 8 to the'base l, and' by Screws 9 to the.floor or to wooden ogs driven into the ground, or the like. T edetaohability of the anglerons 7 reduces the'compass in which the' basecan be packed for shipment, and, also, obviaies the anger of cast-ironlugs, substituted therefor, being broken off the cast-iron baseby jarsor other vaccidents in shi ment.

Immediately above thc wal 2 of the base 1 is the inverted bellshapodmember 10, provided with the upper flange, 11 and the lower flange 12.The lower flange 12 rests upon the wall 2, which, by reason of itsconcavity, affords adequate support therefor. Resting upon the flange 11is the thimble 12, which 'partly overla s Said flan o 11 and partlyprojects within t e wall of t ie hollow cylinder or tube 13, whichconstitutes the main body of the pole, and rests upon the flat )ortion14 of thimble 12. The contour of tiro pori )hory of thel inverted belll() iS one in which tlie dlamotor of said periphery is grrdunllyincreased from the bottom up by successive Step-like formations, :isclearly shown in thc drawings. A luralilyoi` castings surmount the tube13. he lowest of said castings, 1.5,

